# Movies you wish had a sequel (but didn't) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2012, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554 "2012-11-30T08:17:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/21 "2012-11-30T14:44:02Z")
A Knight’s Tale. I suppose it had the happy ever after ending, but there are SO many directions it could have gone in. Adimar told William that he had entered into negotiations with Jocelyn’s father for her… Just because William was made a knight, that does not mean those negotiations would have stopped. Would have loved to seen more of my beloved characters. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/22 "2012-11-30T14:48:20Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > I wish The Golden Compass had made enough to warrant sequels because I’d love to see a children’s movie with gay angels and an insane God. This, and _Unfortunate Events_. I do think I would have thoroughly liked Golden Compass had they made more, whereas for ASoUE I would have enjoyed it only for the visuals. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/23 "2012-11-30T14:50:45Z")
_Serenity_ Definitely _Buckaroo Banzai_ _Princess Bride_ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/24 "2012-11-30T15:03:54Z")
**When Worlds Collide** Although I don’t think I’d like them filming the Wylie and Balmer novel _After Worlds Collide_ **Forbidden Planet** actually did have a sorta sequel, a much lower-budget black and white **The Invisible Boy** , but I’d like to see a real sequel. Similarly, they gave Schoedsack and Cooper less than half the budget and only nine months to film the sequel to **King Kong** , so they came up with the overly padded and comic-themed **Son of Kong**. But they coulda done much better given enough time and money. I’d love to see _that_. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/25 "2012-11-30T15:12:55Z")
**Reservoir Dogs** needs a sequel with all the surviving characters: The Sam Jackson lookalike, the waitress, and the Silver Surfer poster. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/26 "2012-11-30T15:18:06Z")
“The Incredibles” is definitely at the top of the list for me. Other movies? Any super-hero type of movie could go with a sequel, like “Mystery Men 2” or “Another Undercover Brother” or “Bigger Trouble in Smaller China”. On a side note: When I was a kid, I used to joke with my brother that the least essential sequel would be “[Micki + Maude](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087718/combined) 2”. But somehow fantasy has merged with reality in my brain and sometimes I’m not sure whether “Micki + Maude 2” exists or not! So maybe they should really make a sequel to “Micki + Maude” to put me out of my misery. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/27 "2012-11-30T15:22:28Z")
I want a third installment, perhaps a reboot, of **Ghostbusters**. I want a sequel of **The Goonies** , with all of the original cast. Mostly to satisfy my inner child. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/28 "2012-11-30T15:23:18Z")
Unbreakable. No twist, just gritty heroics. Fight Club. That ending was so interesting. The Incredibles. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/29 "2012-11-30T16:45:16Z")
I’ve always wanted to see “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator” get made, but I don’t want Tim Burton or Johnny Depp to have anything to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/30 "2012-11-30T16:56:14Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > This, and _Unfortunate Events_. I do think I would have thoroughly liked Golden Compass had they made more, whereas for ASoUE I would have enjoyed it only for the visuals. Definitely **Series of Unfortunate Events**. Not only do the books call for it, but I thought the movie was pretty good. Underrated. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/31 "2012-11-30T17:16:16Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I want a third installment, perhaps a reboot, of **Ghostbusters**. > > I want a sequel of **The Goonies** , with all of the original cast. > > Mostly to satisfy my inner child. Ghostbusters 3 is coming…eventually. It was supposed to be out this year, but filming got pushed back to fall of next year, unfortunately. ☹ I always wanted a sequel to Will Smith’s Wild Wild West. Also would love to see one for Evolution, Slither, and Night of the Comet. (Yea, I love cheesy movies.) ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/32 "2012-11-30T17:53:45Z")
I am a sucker for post apocalyptic stuff, so I have always wanted to see sequels to stuff set in them to see how society starts to rebuild itself. What happened after The Day After? How does society develop after The Stand was over? Though to answer the OP, I would love an Equilibrium sequel, as well as a decent sequel to The Last Starfighter. Lot of meat on the Starfighter bones, imo… ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/33 "2012-11-30T17:58:50Z")
still waiting for **Escape From Earth** ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/34 "2012-11-30T18:05:58Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > Ghostbusters 3 is coming…eventually. It was supposed to be out this year, but filming got pushed back to fall of next year, unfortunately.) There still isn’t an agreed upon script. Murray is in as much as he is out. It’s probably not going to happen. The reboot is more likely. I’d have been happy if they had done GB3 in the late 90’s and used the original concept of Ghost Busters as municpal workers like garbage men. Sandler, Farley, Rock and Spaid would have been great. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/35 "2012-11-30T18:10:17Z")
Would absolutely love to see Gillermo Del Toro do a sequel to **Hellboy**. No really - I liked the second one. Maybe some backstory into how Johann Kraus got that way, and a revisit from the Death character where Liz really does experience the consequences of the deal she made. I would want to the entire movie to be like that “Toro-esque” scene with the Death character, and dial back the slapstick. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/36 "2012-11-30T18:10:28Z")
Sandler in my beloved Ghostbusters? o thank you merciful God for not allowing that to happen ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/37 "2012-11-30T18:19:13Z")
**Master and Commander**. I’m a big fan of the books, and I thought the movie captured the spirit pretty well. I’d love to see one with some of Stephen Maturin’s spy stuff included. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/38 "2012-11-30T18:23:46Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > **Ferris Beuller’s Day Off From Work - Presidential Crises!** I forgot about Ferris Beuller. A sequel to that, adult or teen, could have been pretty good! ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/39 "2012-11-30T18:27:32Z")
I’m very wary of suggesting sequels to movies I love because they so often suck, but if I had to pick one (other than the already mentioned _Buckaroo Banzai_) is would probably be _Ronin_, but only if the right director and writer(s) were involved, and both Robert De Niro and Jean Reno reprised their roles. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/40 "2012-11-30T18:52:40Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > I was so disappointed they never had a sequel to **Breakin’**. There was a Breakin 2 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554.md?page=3)